Category: Brass
Ensemble/s: Rookie band, Concert Band and Symphonic Band
Sound Production: You produce a sound on the French horn by buzzing your lips together against the mouthpiece.
Interesting Facts:
- When uncoiled, the horn is 12 to 13 feet long. That is a lot of tubing!
- Horns were originally designed to play on a horse
- Although a brass instrument, the French horn does not actually figure into most brass bands
- John Williams used the French horn in many of his famous movie music.